Jumpat.com-powered Investseeker.com (http://Investseeker.com), announced on September 3 the launch of its new online search portal, catered to the financial and investment markets. Financial and investment advertisers can now get their information in front of thousands of targeted consumers daily by using their low cost services, which include a pay-per-click search engine, classified ads, doorway pages, pop under pages, exit pages, premium press releases, premium search engine optimization and more.
A new search toolbar, Firefox Toolbar, has been launched, which, unlike most Internet Explorer only toolbars, is for the users of the alternate open source browser Firefox and Mozilla. Firefox Toolbar (www.firefoxtoolbar.com), is a set of free toolbars made by a company called Vpop Technologies (www.vpop.net), whose first product, UltraBar, had the features of Google Toolbar but with added usability for the users as it let them add their own custom search engines, which Google Toolbar did not allow.
Google Inc.'s employees and other insiders will be free to sell an additional 4.67 million shares of the company's stock on September 2. Google is also lifting selling restrictions on 39.1 million additional shares in mid-November, 24.9 million more shares in mid-December and another 24.9 million shares in mid-January 2005.
Worldwide distribution of the new iMac will begin in mid-September – a few months ahead of the Mac OS X "Tiger" operating system, which contains 150 new applications and should be available in early 2005. Its search engine will be at the center of the new system, allowing users to quickly find documents among the thousands of files the hard drive is capable of stocking.
Massachusetts-based Budgetseek.com (http://Budgetseek.com), which opened for business on August 1, and Jumpat.com (http://Jumpat.com), announced on September 2 expanded features, services and advertising packages on the Budgetseek.com search engine portal.
Wotbox (www.wotbox.com), an independent search engine mainly known for its advanced geo-targeting technology, and for displaying a flag of the country of origin next to each result on its search pages, announced on September 2 the launch of 8 new local search sites – Wotbox.com.au (Australia), Ca.wotbox.com (Canada), Fr.wotbox.com (France), Wotbox.de (Germany), Wotbox.it (Italy), Wotbox.co.nz (New Zealand), Es.wotbox.com (Spain) and Wotbox.us (United States).
Raleigh-based ClickCulture (www.clickculture.com), an integrated marketing firm specializing in large database-driven websites, e-commerce, website design, web development and user interface design, announced on August 31 that it has formed a strategic partnership with Michigan-based Peak Positions (www.peakpositions.com), an industry leader in search engine optimization providing search engine marketing and keyword placement expertise for many of the world's most recognized brands.
Following up on information about KDE's upcoming desktop search utility, Microsoft has announced that they will release Longhorn, their new operating system, without WinFS, which means that Longhorn will arrive without a desktop search utility. Instead, Microsoft will release a test version of WinFS when Longhorn becomes available to the public
Rent.com (http://Rent.com), an apartment listing Web site, announced on August 31 its plans to make apartment hunting less stressful for college students with its new college housing search feature, which lists housing for more than 3600 colleges and universities across the US. Rent.com’s fully comprehensive search, based on its new advanced search technology, will allow renters to quickly search property listings on a powerful search engine that provides accurate geo-targeted results.
Geosign Corporation (www.geosign.com), a data provider for the Internet, specializing in local search data and local search solutions including the data for the search engine Truelocal.com, announced on August 31 that it has entered into an agreement with Experian (www.experian.com), a global leader in providing information solutions to organizations and consumers, to launch and market the new National URL Database. The National URL Database (www.geosign.com/products.asp#national), which currently has over two million records and is updated quarterly, is the first product to isolate and provide a comprehensive list of all web active businesses in the United States.
